Oct. 5, 2018 — Friday Statwatch for games played through Oct. 3

Friday Statwatch’s weekly statistical milestone can be defined in a single image:

The above photo shows a unique scenario: two field hockey players for Mount Joy Donegal (Pa.) crossing into milestone territory during the same contest. In a 14-1 win over Quarryville Solanco (Pa.), senior Lily Saunders scored her 100th career goal. And not to be outdone, fellow senior Mackenzie Allessie became only the second field hockey player in National Federation history to reach the 300-goal plateau.

Allessie, the Ohio State-bound attacking midfielder with lyrical stick skills, is a mere 26 goals away from tying Austyn Cuneo’s record for the most field hockey goals ever scored in a career.

I say “mere” because Allessie has been running rampant through the Lancaster-Lebanon League’s Division II regular season. The team has four league games remaining, all reverse fixtures from earlier this season. The first time that Donegal met these four teams, the Indians outscored them by a combined score of 50-0, with Allessie getting 23 of these goals. If she matches that effort, she could break the record the first game of the postseason in the Lancaster-Lebanon League, which begins Oct. 16th at either Penn Manor or Donegal.

Below, in red, are statistics as of the close of play on Wednesday, meaning that they are going to be somewhat different from the Daily Statwatch numbers to the right of this column, which we try to update in, more or less, real time.

So, this is where you can help us out immensely. If you see a statistics that is missing or wrong, feel to send us an email at TopOfTheCircle.com. Give us a name or a bit of documentation (a website will do) so that we can make the adjustment.